Tuesday, 28 September 2010

There is no better word to describe my garden at this time of year than bedraggled. The flowers that remain have a rather battered air; insect chewed and weather weary. This morning was a perfect setting for Keat's "Ode to Autumn" with plenty of mist and mellow fruitfulness.

I ventured into the damp, misty morning and picked some forlorn looking flowers

Saturday, 25 September 2010

I'm gathering and processing crops and feeling a bit like 'Er-Down-Under, the character in Laurie Lee's book, "Cider with Rosie." For breakfast I'm eating raspberries. The canes are old, so it is not a very prolific crop.

The same cannot be said for my ruby chard. Any ideas what to do with it all?

I've made some grape juice, but it's rather sharp and cannot compare to our tasty apple.

The squash skins are being hardened off ready for winter storage.

And, hush, don't tell the squirrels, but the walnuts are ripening!

(With the dog on daylight hours squirrel patrol.)

The cold nights are bringing the courgettes to a close. In last Sunday's newspaper a feature writer on gardening was bemoaning what to do with a courgette that had become a marrow. She put it outside her gate with a 'take me' sign on it and was surprised when it had gone within the hour. She's getting paid to write! Hand the job over to me and I'll tell her what to do with a marrow!

The following recipe came from a Canadian friend. It states, 'one medium sized zucchini'. What measurement is that, exactly? I just cram in the veg - all the courgettes/zucchini in the photograph went into my cake.

Debbie's Zucchini Nut Loaf

8 oz self raising flour mixed with

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

half a teaspoon each of salt, baking powder, baking soda and ground nutmeg

About Me

I live with Himself (husband) in a former gamekeeper's cottage in the South-West of England.
All text and photographs on this blog are
copyright and property of Rosemary Murphy unless otherwise stated.
I have three blogs;
Share my garden,
My life in one hundred objects and
Miss Cellany.
The 'Himself' blog consists of short stories and artwork, copyright of Peter Murphy.